Joe OrtizSep 28, 2023

If you're using #Bandcamp, I would strongly advise getting two external hard drives depending on your size and download your purchased #music ASAP since the new owners are a marketing B2B company and I know where this is eventually going. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/28/epic-games-is-eliminating-16percent-of-its-workforce-and-selling-bandcamp.html

I would not be surprised if Songtradr is going to push the #enshittification button on it. https://www.songtradr.com/blog/posts/songtradr-bandcamp-acquisition/

Epic Games is eliminating 16% of its workforce and selling Bandcamp

Epic Games said on Thursday that it's laying off 16% of its workforce and is selling Bandcamp, which it acquired last year.

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Show threadSimon LandmineSep 29, 2023

This looks like it could be something for #ListeningClub folks to notice!

https://mastodon.sdf.org/@joeo10/111143974726002301

Joe Ortiz (@[email protected])

If you're using #Bandcamp, I would strongly advise getting two external hard drives depending on your size and download your purchased #music ASAP since the new owners are a marketing B2B company and I know where this is eventually going. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/28/epic-games-is-eliminating-16percent-of-its-workforce-and-selling-bandcamp.html I would not be surprised if Songtradr is going to push the #enshittification button on it. https://www.songtradr.com/blog/posts/songtradr-bandcamp-acquisition/

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Show threadviNomadicOct 1, 2023
@SimonLandmine 😟 uhoh… #listeningclub #enshitificationWatch
Show threadCorin Ashwell 🌍 🌿 🍄🏳️‍⚧️Oct 1, 2023
@vinomadic @SimonLandmine dammit, looks like I'm going to have to work out my problems with burning to CD on macos sooner rather than later
Show threadDec [{()}]Oct 4, 2023
@corin_ja @vinomadic @SimonLandmine
Or skip the optical-disc step, and copy to any external storage (USB, SD) that your devices of choice can play from.
I have a few CD and DVD players whose lasers have died. Most of my CD collection has been ripped and saved as lossless files, for "flash drive" playback.
The same microSD cards can be plugged into a Blu-Ray player, or an old SanDisk Fuze portable.
Show threadCorin Ashwell 🌍 🌿 🍄🏳️‍⚧️
@dec23k @vinomadic @SimonLandmine yeah for backup purposes CDs are not great. In my case it was more just because I have a nice 30-year-old CD player in my hifi system that I like to listen to music from, and I thought I had ages to get around to burning my Bandcamp collection for that purpose!
Oct 4, 2023 at 2:38pmWeb